Bug 132967

Summary: use Name/GenericName properly, or not at all
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Rex Dieter <rdieter>
Component: gaimAssignee: Daniel Reed <djr>
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Description Rex Dieter 2004-09-20 14:57:10 UTC 
With a recent gaim update (currently gaim-0.82-0.FC2.src.rpm) a
.desktop file change was made (presumably because of bug #125847) to
set *both* 
Name=IM
and
GenericName=IM

IMO, this is wrong, and distorts/violates the spirit of the use of
GenericName.

For example, in KDE, the menu now looks kinda silly (see attachment).

Either use both Name/GenericName, and set them properly:
Name=gaim
GenericName=IM
or remove GenericName altogether, leaving just
Name=IM
Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2004-09-20 14:58:16 UTC 
Created attachment 104017 [details]
kde menu snapshot
Comment 2 Daniel Reed 2004-09-20 16:36:39 UTC 
In the snapshot, gaim is showing up as entry:
IM (IM)
amidst entries like:
IRC Client (IRC Client)
Kopete (Instant Messenger)
and un-qualified entries like:
Mozilla Mail

Is this a KDE problem? I'll let the interaction designers answer this.
Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2004-09-20 16:43:36 UTC 
IRC Client (IRC Client) is the same problem as here, but for xchat.

un-qualified entries, like Mozilla, are those who do not have a
GenericName entry.  If you insist on labeling gaim as IM in the menu
(which I also don't agree with), then my point is that you shouldn't
use GenericName to duplicate this.

IMO, the Kopete example is one of proper GenericName usage.
Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2004-09-21 17:04:20 UTC 
See also bug #133090 for similar issue with xchat
Comment 5 Daniel Reed 2004-09-21 17:08:22 UTC 
*** Bug 133090 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Daniel Reed 2004-09-21 17:12:16 UTC 
gaim and xchat have both been changed to have no GenericName in
rawhide-20040921.